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EMBERS SUPPER CLUB, INC. v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING CO.

No. 83-102.

9 Ohio St. 3d 22 (1984)

EMBERS SUPPER CLUB, INC., APPELLANT, v. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strauss, Troy & Ruehlmann Co., L.P.A., Mr. Charles G. Atkins and Mr. William R. Jacobs, for appellant.

Messrs. Wood, Lamping, Slutz & Reckman, Mr. Harry M. Hoffheimer, Messrs. Baker & Hostetler, Mr. Bruce W. Sanford, Mr. Lee Levine and Mr. Brian S. Harvey, for appellee.

CLIFFORD F. BROWN, J.

The directed verdict for defendant requires determining the standard or rule for imposing liability upon a defendant which publishes false statements concerning a plaintiff who is not a public official or public figure. Since plaintiff is not a public official or public figure, the holdings in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), 376 U.S. 254, and Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts (1967...

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